Functional magnetic resonance imaging during auditory verbal working memory in nonpsychotic relatives of persons with schizophrenia: A pilot study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 490-500

  Thermenos, Heidi W ^a,c   Seidman, Larry J ^a,b,c,f   Breiter, Hans ^c,e   Goldstein, Jill M ^a,c,f   Goodman, Julie M ^e   Poldrack, Russell ^g   Faraone, Stephen V ^c,f   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,b,c,d,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Brockton/W Roxbury Vet Aff M   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Harvard Inst Psychiat E   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulate; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Genetics; Interference; Schizophrenia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VERBAL MEMORY; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THALAMUS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 1542617752     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.11.014     Document Type: Article

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